Cleaning device



May 15, 1923. 1,455,623

' J. B. KIRK CLEANING DEVICE Filed Feb. 16 1921 IN VE N TOR WITNESSES L15. K/EK A TTORNEYS awk/M6 EA. 1'3. 0F EULA, KANSAE.

CLEAN DEVIGE.

Application filed Fe oruary 16, 1921. Serial lilo. eessec.

ha ve invented a new and Improved Cleaning Device, which the following is full, clear, and exact description.

M; invention relat to a cleaning device, and aims to provide ll provcnients in connection with devices of i,- s character.

.I th regard to apparatus permitting of the istillation of carbonaceous material, it is a we l appreciated fact that di'uiculty has been e ierienced in connection with the can hon im' uging against the side walls of the comp ailment within which it deposited. The acc'uniulatii'iu thus formed rapidlji' 8 larges to such an extent as to seriously ii'iterfcre with the operation of the device. aside from the fact that the apparatus provided for the removal of the carbon from the chamber is incapable of per forming its func tion with respect to the side walls and roof of the ch umber, which it does not engage.

Aside from this. diliiculty, the accumulation in some instances becomes freed, incidentto the vibration of the machine, or on accountcf its own weight, and when this occurs, a large i'uess of carbon comes into contact with the apparatus provided for the This diliiculty has been experienced in connection with apparatus providing; structure such as is embodied in my (ac-pending application, Serial in which it will he noted that ii chamber provided. which chamber has an endless conveyor cmope "ating with its hose portion, said convey r serving to remove the deposits from the chamher.

It is further to he understood. that although I have illustrated my invention as applied to the structure illustrated in connection with my (re-pending application, that the same may be utilized to advantage in various eu'iliodiinents.

'lhu r iercnce is had to the attached sheet of drav. .ll ll'S. as illustrutingonc 'iractical emhodiment of my invention. and in which;

Figure l. is a fragmentary sectional sidev view taken through an apparatus to which my cleaning device is applied, and

JAY l3. lines, a citizen Figure 2 is a sectional end view taken alongthe line Qrw and in the direction of the arrows indicated in Figure 1.

in these views the reference numeral 5 indicates the trough in which the carbonaceous material is deposited through chutes (3 and in the usual manner; is removed therefrom through a discharge pipe 7, by any suitable type of conveyor such as a spiral 8, it being noted that a shaft drive 9 may serve to rotate the shaft upon which the spiral 8 is'rnounted.

t is new to be noted that the difliculty set forth in the premable occurs, more particularly with regard to the side walls of the trough 5 upon which the accumulations are deposited, and which the conveyor is incapable of engaging, and with this in view, it will be noted that 1 preferably utilize a pair of shafts 10 extending longitudiriall of the trough 5 said shafts being arranged upon opposite sides of the center of said trough.

To properly drive these latter shafts, I may conveniently utilize any suituhle type of drive 11 connecting with the drive 9, and receiviu; motion therefrom, it heing noted that gear wheels 12 allixed to each of the shafts l0, may serve to synchronize the motion of the same, and cause a rotation of these elements in opposite directrons.

l" .,h of the shafts carry fingers l3 arranged in staggered relation with respect to each otheu and it will be seen that these fingers are mounted in such a manner that both sets of the same extend centrally or outwardly at the some instant, itbeing further noted that the mounting: of the shafts id is such to permit of the fingers 13 clearing the spiral 8, although these fingers contact suhseipiei'itlv with the side Walls of the trough 5 tl'iroughout a relatively large portion of their surface.

Thus it will be seen that by means of my improved construction, the side walls of the trough will he at all times subjected to a scraping action, effectually removing any particles which have impinged thereon, so that danger of the entire machine becoming choked, incident to these accumulations within the trough, or a jamming of the coi'iveyor due to receiving large particles of accumulation is eliminated.

Obviously my invention might he placed in a number of different EiSSOClfAlZlOHS and Q memes modified in structure Without in the slight est departing from the scope of my claims,

which are '1. A cleaning device including a trough, a conveyor adjacent the base of said trough, and centrally positioned Within the same, shafts arranged within said trough and above said conve or, said shafts being disposed to the si es of the center of said trough, cleaning means carried by said shafts, and means for actuating said shafts and said conveyor.

. 2. A cleaning device for use With apparatus employed in the distillation of carbonaceous material and comprising a trough into which the material to be carried off is received, a conveyor operating along the base of the trough for carrying off the material and cleaning means independent of the conveyor and arranged within the trough, said cleaning means bein disposed above the conveyor and operating along the entire length thereof and being osi tioned to operateiagainst the walls 0 the trough to breakup into small particles deposits of carbonaceous material tending to build up "on the wall of the trough" and to throw such particles onto the conveyor.

JAY B. KIRK. 

